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John,

After Thanksgiving, we will find out whether Congress can come together to pass a bill to prevent healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans on January 1st. Congress leaves on December 19th, so time is running out. 
 
Let us remember how we got here. Democrats managed to get a key concession out of the seven week shutdown: the right to bring a health care bill of their choosing to the Senate floor by mid-December. This is their chance to ensure the shutdown served a purpose. 
 
There is only one way for the Democrats' bill to pass: It must be both bipartisan and bicameral, ensuring it can win 60 votes in the Senate and then pass the House as well. 
 
So far, there is no guarantee Democratic leadership will choose this path. They may opt instead for a “show vote” on a highly partisan messaging bill, which would mean the entire shutdown was for nothing. 
 
Yet there is hope. We have a narrow window in which brave leaders could assemble a bipartisan and bicameral plan that could actually become law. 
 
This is what our ally, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), is working with his colleagues to do. 
 
On Wednesday evening, he and Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) hosted a gathering of 20 House members who, over slices of pizza, worked to find a plan to address the rising premiums and expiring credits, which were initially passed as part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, which was passed with only Democratic votes. They are also working with senators such as our ally Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). 

This followed the letter sent by Reps. Gottheimer, Kiggans, Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Adam Gray (D-CA), and 28 Democratic and Republican co-signers to Senate and House leaders of both parties earlier this week, urging a bipartisan and bicameral process. 
 
We at No Labels have seen the fruits of this process before. It is exactly the playbook our allies used during the infrastructure negotiations in 2021—preparing a bipartisan solution to be ready when the partisan games had run their course. Their plan eventually formed the foundation of the bill that passed and was signed into law. 

 
This is the work we do at No Labels: pushing our leaders in both the House and Senate to come to the table to solve problems and find two-party solutions. 

This is why we must all work together as a movement to throw our support behind the effort led by Reps. Gottheimer, Kiggins, Ciscomani, Gray, and others, who are doing what is required to get a bill into law. 

To that end, we are asking you to contact your members of Congress and urge them to join this bipartisan effort to begin fixing our health care system.

Remember: The government was shut down for seven weeks just to secure this opportunity for a health care vote. It would be a travesty to waste this opportunity on a show vote.  
 
Averting that outcome will require both parties—and both chambers—to work together. 
 
We stand with the leaders trying to make that happen, even as we all recognize the limits of what they can actually achieve. Our allies are trying to apply a bipartisan band-aid to prevent many Americans’ healthcare premiums from rising next year. Government subsidies may shield Americans from the rising cost of insurance and care, but a true fix would address why healthcare in America is so expensive in the first place. If our allies can deliver a short-term fix to prevent rapid health insurance premiums, they can hopefully create the time and space for the broader fix that is needed.  

We stand with the leaders willing to make this happen. 

Sincerely, 

Dan Webb 
No Labels Board

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